Cat Program

Umbrella
of Hope offers a community assistance for people in Contra Costa County
who have found litters of orphan kittens or moms with litters of
kittens.

We
will provide any needed medical care, vaccinations, and deworming for
the mom and litter. When the kittens reach 2.5 lbs in weight (usually at
8-10 weeks of age) we will spay/neuter them and mom for FREE.

We
ask that YOU foster the cats and welcome them into your home until they
are old enough to get spayed/neutered. We will also provide any needed
support as you go through this wonderful, but tiring experience. We have
bottle-feeding tutors and lots of volunteers with kitten experience.
Finding a needy animal or litter is how a lot of us got started in
rescue and then we stayed! We may also be able to provide you with
supplies (ie: kitty litter), but this is very limited and based on
donations received.

We
ask that people who find orphan litters (no mom) to find us an unspayed
adult female cat to spay for FREE to take the place of the missing mom
cat. This can be your own cat, a neighbor's cat, a co-workers cat, a
stray cat etc. We want to take one breeding female out of the cycle for
every litter of kittens we help.

We
ask that you DO NOT give ANY of the cats away to new homes until they
have been altered (no exceptions) or you will be dropped from the
program. Once that cats are spayed/neutered, you are welcome to keep
them, adopt them out as you see fit, or, if space is available, bring them WITH YOU to our adoption
events.

Please
complete one contract application (see below) for each litter of kittens you have
found. Once you have completed and signed the contract application,
please send it to us via:

We will contact you if you qualify for the program and will set up an
initial intake exam. If you have any additional questions, please feel
free to email us.

If
you do not have litters of kittens, but would like make a donation to
help keep this program running, donations of the following are
appreciated and can be dropped off at our vet's office in Pittsburg
weekdays between 9am-5pm. (Well Pet Vet Clinic, 4040 Railroad Ave,
Pittsburg, CA, 94565). The staff can give you a tax deductible donation
receipt for your donation.

Disposable Lasagna pans

Canned Evaporated Milk

Canned Goat's Milk

Kitty litter

Kitten food (wet and dry... we prefer Royal Canin Babycat, but we will accept ANYTHING)